Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXV, Issue 2
Written by Laurentius RUMOKOY, Endang PUDJIHASTUTI, Daniella RUMOKOY, Hengky KIROH, Lentji Rinny NGANGI, Vonny RAWUNG, Wisje TOAR
The role of insects as natural resources could be used by farmer as animal feed has been starting to get important attention in livestock sciences. This research aimed to study the growth performance of super native chickens that treated with D. melanogaster maggot flour supplementation. A total of 64 super native chickens (DOC) reared until they are eight weeks old. This study used a completely randomized design (CRD). Experimental animals were divided into four groups according to the level supplementation treatment: T0 0%; T1 0.25%; T2 0.5%; and T3 0.75%. Each group divided into four units of replication consisted of 4 chickens. The variables observed were total of feed consumption, body weight and feed conversion ratio. The results showed that the effect of treatment on feed consumption was non-significant (P>0.05) while the effect on body weight and FCR value were significant (P<0.05).
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